Frame for beds



July 2z 1924.

L. J. PRIEBATSCH FRAME FOR' BEDS Filed May l2 rlllnrlllllll'lll Arron/msPatented July Z2, 1924.

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incase? VLEON Josnrii Pitinizarsdii, or BROOKHAVEN, MISSISSIPPI.

Fasi/in FOR 13E-ns.

Appntfatiori fliefr May-"15,

This invention relatesto iinpioveiiiiit frainesfoi beds and hasparticular reference to a corner lock therefoif,k An objecty of theinvention'isto proyide a' frame for beds,'vvliicl i may be re ad i ly`quickly assembled and when in suchfposition'j Will form acoi'inectionbetiveen the' side an d end rails ofi the; frame, which willimpart rigidity thereto.

Another object is to providefa cornerlock for tne side and eiid rails ofa fraine,"tl ie separable parts of'vvhich are soorg'ariizedthat the samemay be V.readily disassembled 'to enable the members of the frametofoccupy a' minimum amount of storing space. The above and otherobjects Will'appear more clearly from the following detaillkdescription,when taken in connection'ivitli fthe accompanying drawing, whichillustrates avpreferred embodiment of the inventivev idea."

En the drawing- Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of one cornerof aframeeonstructed'inVA accordancejvith the invention; l

Figure 2 is a top plan'vieiv'of the b'edpost slioivn in transversesection; Y

Figure 3 is a vertical Vloi'rgitudinal'sectioni Figurev 4 isy afragmentary perspective" vieiv ofone of Ithe'side'v rails of'thefranieg"Figure 5 is a` fragmentary elevation'of" the bedp'ost. The inventionis,r shown as applied to a frame for beds, but'it is'to be expresslyunderstood that the invention is susceptible of various applications.

Referring particularly to the drawing, 6 indicates one of the bedpostsof a bed, said post being of Vtubular formation and may be made of metalor any other desirable material. Associated with the bedpost 6 is ahousing, generally indicated by the numeral 7, and including a Webportion or base plate 8 extending longitudinally of the post 6 andhaving projecting from its vertical edges the side plates 9. The bottomof the hous- 5 in@ is forinedb asu ortiii member enc 7 erallyindicatedthenunieral 10 (Figure 3') andincludingV the top plate 11, the verticalflange12,*thejbottom plate 1 3 and thel vertioalflange 14"' spaeed fromthe iange 12. In assemblingY theV structure the vertical flangey of theend rail 15 is engaged With the vertical flange lltjand fastening devicelin the form'jof a bolt '16 is extended through saitl 'angesi and alsothel flange 12 and thev baseplateS forthe p urposeof securing'tlie partsin assembled; position; The head of the] bolt "1 6 'extends beyond thebase plate'S and isjinsertable into" the enlarged end of akey-shape'dopening 17' formed'in the postl 6. The portion of the innersurfacel of the post adjacent the reduced end of theV open-r ing 17islciit aiv'ay to providea groove 18in,

which is engagedthesquared portion 19of the bolt 16 to prevent'turningof the bolt when the housing is supported in position on the post. j

Secnredto the inner sides of the side arranged inV parallel and spacedrelation `7vvitlirespect tothe baseplate 8 ofthe lionsrelationl are theresilient retaining arms 23' designed to engage portions of the siderail 24 to aid in maintaining the same proper relation 'to' the end railand bedpost.v

f tlach'-` end ,railV includes the verticalv and horizontal flanges 25and 26 the latter of which is cntk transversely adjacent one end of therail, as indicated'at 27, (Figure 4) to forma side flange 28ivhichis'bent to avertical position in engagement with the iiange 25 andsecured thereto by rivets 29, or other suitable fasteners. Theextremities of the flanges 25 and 26 are then bent at right angles toform the end flanges 30 which eX- tend in opposite direc-tions withrespect to each other to provide a transverse retaining portion which isdesigned to engage in the space between the ends 21 of the retaining`members 20 and the adjacent face of the base plate 8, as best shown inFigure a. When the rail is being thus engaged in the plates 9 lofthe'housing adjacent the upper,v ends thereof and above the'top platell ofthe supportingineniber 10 are the opposed 1 retaining plates 20havingend portions21 housing, the side fiange 28 and the portion of the flange25 engaged thereby are inserted downwardly and between the resilientarms 23 which are spread apart at their ends, together with the freeextremities of the portions 22 so that said portions and arms lwill beplaced under tension to frictionally retain the side rail in its properposition. To facilitate the engagement of the fianges 25 and 28 betweenthe members 2Q and 23 the lower edges of said flanges are beveled, asindicated at 3l. W hen the side rail is in position the horizontalflange 26 thereof and the lower edges of the flanges 25, 28 and 30 willrest upon the top plate ll of the supporting' member l0.

It will lbe obvious from the foregoing description that the frame may bereadily disengaged from the posts 6 by iirst lifting the frame toregister the heads of the bolts 16 with the enlarged portions of theopenings 17, whereupon said bolts may be withdrawn from engagement withthe posts. Then by removing the nuts 32 mounted on the bolts 16 the endrails may be detached from the housings. It will also be understood thatthe side rails may be disconnected from the housings by lifting thesaine from engagement with the various retaining memers.

What is claimed is:

l. In a frame forbeds, a corner post, a housing carried thereby andincluding a web and side plates extending from said web, cooperatingretaining elements each ot which has an intermediate portion secured toone of said side plates and an end portion extending laterally from saidside pla-te in spaced relation to said web, the other end portions ofsaid retaining elements being arranged in converging relation, and arail having a portion extending between the converging end portionsofsaid retaining elefments and also having other portions engageablebetween the rst named end portions of said retaining ele-ments and saidweb.

2. In a frame for beds, a corner post, a housing carried thereby andincluding a web and side plates extending from said web, cooperatingretaining elements each of which has an intermediate portion secured toone of said side plates and 'an end portion extendinglaterally from saidside plate in spaced relation to said web, .the other end portions ofsaid retaining elements being arranged in converging relation, a railhaving a portion extending between the converging end portions of saidretaining elements and also havin other portions engageable between therst named end portions of said retaining elements and said web, andresilienty retaining members having adjacent ends secured to theconverging ends of said retaining elements and between which the firstnamed por-tion of said rail is engaged. f

e 3. lIn a frame for beds, a corner post, a housing supported thereby,retaining members within said housing, and a rail including vertical andhorizontal flanges, the vertical flange having its extremity bent toprovide an end flange and the horizontal ange being cut to form a sideflange in engagement with said vertical fiange, said horizontal flangebeing also bent at its extremity to provide a second end flange, saidend iiangesbeing enga-geable between said re.- taining members and aportion of said housing, and said vertical and side iianges beingengadeable between said retaining members.

t. In a frame for beds, a corner post, a housing, a supporting mem-berformed in the bottom of said housing, retaining members in said housingabove said supporting member, a rail, means for attaching said rail tosaid supporting member and engageable with said bedpost to support theframe in operative position, and aV second rail having a portion engagedbetween said ret-aining members and another portion betwe n saidretaining members and a portion of said housing.

5. In a frame for beds, a corner post, a. housing supported thereby andincluding a web, side plates extending from said web, a bottom for saidhousing, a rail supported on the bottom of said housing and havinglaterally extending end portions engageable with said web and anadjacent portion extending between said side plates, and retain- Vingelements carried by said side plates on opposite sides of the secondnamed portion of said rail'and `having `adjacent ends engageable withsaid second named portion and opposite ends engageable with the firstnamed portions of said rail.

LEON JOSEPH PRIEBATSCH.

